Well-strainer.



No. 682,483. Patented Sept. l0, [90L A. n. MORESI.

WELL STRAINER.

(Application filed May 11, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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nrnnr WELL STRAINER SEEGIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No.682,483, dated September 10, 1901. Application filed May 11, 1901-Serial No. 595769. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that LALEXANDER DAMAS Mo- RESI, a citizen of the UnitedStates, residing at Jeanerette, in the parish of Iberia and State ofLouisiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWelLStrainers; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full,clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use thesame.

My invention pertains to certain improvements in well or pump strainers,more particularly for Artesian wells.

It provides for admittinginto the welltubing or casing a greater amountof Water in a given time than heretofore obtainable; also,to guardagainstthe impairment, mutilation, or tearing off the strainer-clothfrom the well tubing or casing, as in boring or sinking the well ortubing, especially in coarse sand, gravel, &c.

It consists of the detailed construction, combination, and arrangementof parts, substantially as hereinafter more fully disclosed, andspecifically pointed out by the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating the preferred embodiment ofmy invention, Figure 1 is a side View thereof. Fig. 2 is across-section, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the same.

Latitude is allowed herein as to details, as they may be changed orvaried at will without departing from the spirit of my invention and thesame yet remain intact and be protected.

In carrying out my invention I produce the well tubing, casing, or pipe1 with numerous holes or perforations throughout, rendering itsubstantially foraininous, as shown, forthe ready or unobstructed inflowor admission of water.

Suitably Wound or coiled upon the perforated or foraminous pipe 1 andsoldered thereto is a wire 2, with its helices or coils standing abouthalf an inch apart or farther apart or nearer apart, as may be required.Over these wire coils is preferably soldered a brass wire gauze or cloth3 to obstruct the passage of any foreign substances in the water andyetadmit the water to and through the foraminous pipe or tubing. Theinterposition of the wire or wire coils 2 between said pipe or tubingand wire-cloth removes said wire-cloth or strainer proper from contactwith said tubing, and thus lessens the liability of the clogging orobstructing the straining action of the Wire-cloth and permits themaximum utilization of the straining capacity of said wire-cloth. Asecond Wire 4, usually No. 8, 10, or 12 gage, suitably secured orsoldered to the tubing or pipe 1, is wound or coiled upon the wire-clothor strainer 3, preferably in the opposite or reverse direction to thatof the coiling or winding of the wire 2 upon the pipe 1, thusprovidingfor efiectuall y guarding said wire-cloth or strainer against itsimpairment or being detached by the gravel or coarse sand as in sinkingor boring the Well.

Having thus fully described my invention, What I claim, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is-

A well, 850., strainer, comprising aforaminous or perforated pipe ortubing having a wire wound or coiled and secured thereon, a wire-clothor strainer secured over the coils of said wire, and a second wirecoiled or wound over the wire-cloth and the coils of the inner Wire andsecured upon said wirecloth or strainer, substantially as set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER DAMAS MORESI.

